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R&D Cost Estimates: Doctors Without Borders Response to Tufts CSDD Study on Cost to Develop a New Drug

An MDR-TB patient receiving treatment at an MSF facility in Swaziland shows some of the drugs that are part of her regimen. Sven Torfinn
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014.

“The pharmaceutical industry-supported Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development claims it costs US$2.56 billion to develop a new drug today; but if you believe that, you probably also believe the earth is flat.

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“GlaxoSmithKline’s CEO Andrew Witty himself says the figure of a billion dollars…

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